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Gracia Mendes Nasi

1510 - 1569

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Gracia Mendes Nasi (1510 – 1569, born Beatriz de Luna Miques), also known as Doña Gracia or La Señora "The Lady", was a Portuguese Sephardi Jewish philanthropist, businesswoman, member of the Mendes and Benveniste family, and one of the wealthiest women of Renaissance Europe. As a widow, she took over the banking and trading house Casa Mendes-Benveniste, with branches throughout Europe and the Mediterranean. She was the aunt and business partner of Joseph Nasi, who also became an influential figure in the Ottoman Empire. During the Inquisition she set up extensive escape networks which saved hundreds of crypto-jews fleeing persecution, established one of the first printing presses, and was an important patron of Jewish communities in Constantinople and the Galilee. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gracia Mendes Nasi is the 4,469th most popular politician (down from 4,274th in 2019), the 97th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 96th in 2019) and the 56th most popular Portuguese Politician.

Gracia Mendes Nasi was a Jewish woman who was a successful merchant in the 16th century. She was also a philanthropist and worked to protect the Jews of Portugal.

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Among politicians, Gracia Mendes Nasi ranks 4,469 out of 19,576. Before her are José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Sobhuza II, Rodney Williams, Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse, Zoe Karbonopsina, and Alberic II of Spoleto. After her are Soghomon Tehlirian, Pausanias of Sparta, Yves Leterme, Philip William, Elector Palatine, Julius Paulus Prudentissimus, and As-Salih Ayyub.

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Among people born in 1510, Gracia Mendes Nasi ranks 11. Before her are Mikael Agricola, Jacopo Bassano, Renée of France, François Clouet, Jacob Clemens non Papa, and Aloysius Lilius. After her are Túpac Huallpa, Gonzalo Pizarro, Elena Glinskaya, Oda Nobuhide, Antonio de Cabezón, and Roy Mata. Among people deceased in 1569, Gracia Mendes Nasi ranks 4. Before her are Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Louis, Prince of Condé, and John of Ávila. After her are Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Maria Temryukovna, Gerolama Orsini, Aben Humeya, Mikołaj Rej, Catherine Carey, António Ferreira, and Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Gracia Mendes Nasi ranks 97 out of 633. Before her are Pedro Fernandes de Queirós (1565), Teófilo Braga (1843), Óscar Carmona (1869), João Gonçalves Zarco (1390), António Lobo Antunes (1942), and Urraca of Castile, Queen of Portugal (1186). After her are António, Prior of Crato (1531), Fernão Mendes Pinto (1509), Berengaria of Portugal (1198), Maria Isabel of Braganza (1797), Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu (1433), and Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (1908).

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Among POLITICIANS In Portugal

Among politicians born in Portugal, Gracia Mendes Nasi ranks 56. Before her are Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal (1887), Barbara of Portugal (1711), Teófilo Braga (1843), Óscar Carmona (1869), António Lobo Antunes (1942), and Urraca of Castile, Queen of Portugal (1186). After her are António, Prior of Crato (1531), Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu (1433), Beatrice of Portugal, Duchess of Savoy (1504), Afonso I, Duke of Braganza (1377), Francisco da Costa Gomes (1914), and John, Constable of Portugal (1400).

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